Crew

Introduction: making it all possible

When we say "crew" we mean all those who, by means of their labor (and love), in one way or another, are leading, facilitating and supporting our student body, faculty, guest tutors and alumni while studying and living together at our 

Program 2024-2025  

Gabriëlle Schleijpen

head of program, artistic director

Nikos Doulos

study trajectory counsellor, liaising with the Student Affairs Department and the Central Exam Committee of the ArtEZ University of the Arts, BKE certified examiner and education leader

Philippa Driest

COOP leader

Dina A. Mohamed

Research curator

To see in what roles the DAI's head of program and her Program team interact with our tutorial teams and our numerous guests you are kindly advised to visit Syllabus 2024-2025 and Faculty 2024-2025.

Council 

Helena Estrela, Alkmini Gkousiari, Tuba Kılıç

consultative student body

External Advisory Board 

Emily Pethick

honorary strategic advisor on the embedding of the program in the (inter)national professional field 

Supportive Thinking Space 

Wanderley Santos

external advisor to students

Admissions 

Marika Vandekraats

chair of the admissions committee

Communication 

Giulia Crispiani

head media and archive, editor-in-chief and content manager (per 1 January 2025).  

Lauren Alexander & Hanna Rullmann

house style and communication designers 

Ricardo Liong-A-Kong

editor Friends & Family booklets, website facilitator 

Baha Görkem Yalim

advisor documentation, archival researcher 

Alaa Abu Asad

photographer Alumni Embassy and Graduation Communiqué

Georgia Stellin

archival & tech assistant

Foad Alijani, Clara Rudin Smith

student assistants outreach & archive

Driebit

website host & programmer 

Planetary Campus Production

Jacq van der Spek

senior co-ordinator  finances & logistics Roaming Academy, emergency response certificate holder 

Peter Sattler

production leader technical & spatial infrastructure Roaming Academy & study support

Kastė Šeškevičiūte 

hospitality coach Roaming Academy, treasurer Bread, Bed & Solidarity Fund 

Sophia Zbinovsky Braddel

chef de cuisine Roaming Academy & course leader

Iliada Charalambous

Roaming Academy assistant (St.Erme, Nida (1x), Nicosia)

Corine van der Wal

bookkeeper, liaising with HR & the Finance Departments of the ArtEZ University of the Arts  

Monique Hemmink (Hemminkways)

travel agent. 

In loving memory: Rik Fernhout.

Our brilliant, witty and very dear colleague Rik Fernhout sadly passed away on the 5th of August 2024. Rik had been committed to the growth and development of our program for nearly 24 years !

Esteemed former members of our crew:

From 2006 - 2024: Florian Göttke: advisor | education leader How To Do Things With Theory

From 2012 - 2023: Margret Wibmer: advisor | international student consultant 

From 2006 - 2023: Rebecca Sakoun: advisor | coordinator Admissions 

From 2014 - 2020: Silvia Ulloa: video documentation

From 2011 - 2013: Sarah Charalambides: designer ground plan website